Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story (2024)
100%
4/5
“...this fascinating documentary is a testimony to Edna O’Brien’s rebellious talent, her prolific output – a novel a year for a while – and her star-studded socialising.” –
The Arts Desk
Apr 19, 2025
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Four Mothers (2024)
89%
3/5
“...it’s warm-hearted and charming in a lukewarm way, but although it’s based on Darren Thornton and his co-writer brother Colin’s experiences with their own mother, who had a degenerative disease, it’s not particularly engaging or convincing.” –
The Arts Desk
Apr 4, 2025
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Opus (2025)
41%
3/5
“... although muddled, it’s visually compelling...” –
The Arts Desk
Mar 18, 2025
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Twiggy (2024)
3/5
“It may get a trifle wearying to hear everyone...go on about how open and lacking in artifice [Twiggy] is, but nevertheless an impressive portrait emerges of a straightforward woman who loves to work...” –
The Arts Desk
Mar 10, 2025
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The Last Showgirl (2024)
83%
3/5
“The locations, with their desolate flyovers, freeways and neon glitz are atmospheric, but Kate Gersten's script doesn't light up the lives of these girls and women. They remain unexplored and unreal, in spite of impressive performances...” –
The Arts Desk
Feb 28, 2025
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Bring Them Down (2024)
90%
3/5
“The film is undeniably powerful, with fine performances, but the unremitting violence ends up feeling cartoonish and empty.” –
The Arts Desk
Feb 8, 2025
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By the Stream (2024)
100%
4/5
“This is strangely uplifting, as is the entirety of this enigmatic, gentle film.” –
The Arts Desk
Jan 30, 2025
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It's Raining Men (2023)
75%
3/5
“It’s Raining Men, directed by Caroline Vignal, is a simplistic, insubstantial film -- a bit of a missed opportunity, in fact -- but the brilliant Calamy, with her infectious laugh, is its saving grace. ” –
The Arts Desk
Jan 10, 2025
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Merchant Ivory (2023)
95%
4/5
“Theirs was a volatile, complex relationship, as director Stephen Soucy’s honest, fascinating documentary, full of talking heads from the Merchant Ivory family, as they liked to call it, makes clear.” –
The Arts Desk
Dec 11, 2024
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Woman of the Hour (2023)
91%
4/5
“The focus is firmly on the women victims, though it’s never prurient or sensational. And there are clever glimpses of the handsome Alcala’s vulnerability.” –
The Arts Desk
Oct 17, 2024
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Portraits of Dangerous Women (2024)
3/5
“All in all, in spite of an impressive cast, the movie doesn’t quite gel but it’s still strangely uplifting in a gentle way.” –
The Arts Desk
Oct 10, 2024
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The Substance (2024)
89%
3/5
“It’s over-long and repetitive but still packs a gloriously hyper-real punch, shot by Benjamin Kracun, full of vivid colour, wide-angled lenses and movie references.” –
The Arts Desk
Sep 20, 2024
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Sky Peals (2023)
100%
3/5
“Moin Hussain’s debut feature is a sci-fi-inspired parable of alienation, often agonisingly slow and lacking in dramatic tension but strong on atmosphere and there are even a few laughs.” –
The Arts Desk
Aug 8, 2024
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Freud's Last Session (2023)
44%
3/5
“Hopkins and Goode give excellent performances, but there’s a faintly pointless and schematic air to the proceedings.” –
The Arts Desk
Jun 17, 2024
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Cabrini (2024)
90%
3/5
“You long for a bit of Gangs of New York-style grit. There’s no denying, however, that Mother Cabrini’s story is inspiring.” –
The Arts Desk
Jun 4, 2024
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That They May Face the Rising Sun (2023)
97%
4/5
“The dialogue and Joe’s ruminations, often straight from McGahern’s novel, are wonderful. The silences are as important. ” –
The Arts Desk
Apr 25, 2024
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If Only I Could Hibernate (2023)
100%
3/5
“Director Zoljargal Purevdash’s remarkable debut, the first ever Mongolian film in the Cannes official selection, features impressive non-professional actors.” –
The Arts Desk
Apr 19, 2024
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The Trouble with Jessica (2023)
60%
3/5
“It’s more like a silly, mildly amusing West End farce than anything else. Lots of bandying around of the F word, but the dialogue is not particularly sharp.” –
The Arts Desk
Apr 5, 2024
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The Origin of Evil (2022)
92%
3/5
“This thriller has an excellent cast and looks wonderful, although the plot-line is somewhat preposterous and soap-opera-esque. Nevertheless, it’s stylish and gripping.” –
The Arts Desk
Mar 28, 2024
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Baltimore (AKA Rose's War) (2023)
86%
3/5
“Dugdale’s story is an extraordinary one, but the film’s dreamy atmosphere, with flashbacks inserted haphazardly, has a lateral, fragmented feel that doesn’t serve it very well.” –
The Arts Desk
Mar 22, 2024
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High & Low - John Galliano (2023)
87%
4/5
“You’re left with the feeling that there’s learning as well as unlearning to be done. But fashion moves too fast for that.” –
The Arts Desk
Mar 8, 2024
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Memory (2023)
85%
4/5
“Franco tells us that the power of love wins the day, however fleeting and fragile it may be.” –
The Arts Desk
Feb 23, 2024
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Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer (2022)
96%
4/5
“Who else, muses Wim Wenders, one of the many talking heads in Thomas von Steinaeker’s exhilarating documentary, has succeeded in “inventing” their own accent in a way that the whole world imitates and enjoys?” –
The Arts Desk
Jan 19, 2024
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Driving Madeleine (2022)
94%
3/5
“Directed by Christian Carion, Driving Madeleine is a life-affirming, charming film with a dark undercurrent, though it’s somewhat formulaic and the flashbacks are not entirely successful in tone.” –
The Arts Desk
Nov 18, 2023
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Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
96%
5/5
“Grips you every second of the way and leaves you endlessly mulling over the events.” –
The Arts Desk
Nov 10, 2023
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